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Example sentences for: nickname

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On Some Secrets of English Nicknames, by Ralph Emerson: the article did not mention a common Australian nickname pattern.
With that name and a British accent he could well have become the butt of ridicule, but he quickly became one of the boys when someone gave him a more appropriate nickname, Shirts.
2. the nickname given to prisoners who dismember their victims.
Bulls coach Phil Jackson explained: "To Dennis, a Mormon may just be a nickname for people from Utah.
He was remembered as one of football's funniest and most generous players, and his nickname, Sweetness, "was a tribute to his personality more than his running style" ( ESPN ). Chicago Bears Assistant Coach Fred O'Connor, who believed Payton was destined to be a legend from the outset, said, "God must have taken a chisel and said, 'I'm going to make me a halfback.